“Any professional journalist, who writes on international topics and reflects on unrecognized republics, should be at the conflict zones,” she stated.

“I do not care what the Azerbaijanis do. Following our visit, their media launched a campaign against Ukrainian newspapers and TVs. By feeling on my own skin all those ‘joys’ of the informational attack which were completely unfounded, I realize that it is just perilous for me to be in [Azerbaijani capital city] Baku. So, I do not see any sense in getting an opportunity to visit Baku,” Kovalchuk also said.